Hugh Grannum

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It was appropriate that an artist would be among the diverse group of people who paid tribute to beloved Free Press photographer Hugh Grannum at a celebration of his life today. After all, Grannum created art with his camera and was himself a treasured figure in arts and civic community in Detroit and beyond.

Detroit poet Melba Boyd, the chairwoman of the Department of Africana Studies at Wayne State University, said she began writing a poem about Grannum to help her assuage her grief after learning he had passed Friday.

The poem, “We See We,” captures Grannum: family man, photographer and much loved mentor to many.

An overflowing crowd packed the pews of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Park to say farewell to a cool gentleman.